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    1:48 WW2 Aircraft & 1:72 Cold War / Vietnam Jets

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  1. Justin M
    Superb. Fantastic weathering - please do another and post stage by stage in WIP!
  2. Justin M
    HI Einar, can you tell me what paint you used for the grey undersides and wings? Justin
  3. Justin M
    Lovely models. I am just finishing the Roden VC10 in East African livery. I flew on the BOAC VC10 as a kid up and down the length of Africa.
  4. Justin M
    Cracking model. My uncle flew them in WW2 and always praised the Swordfish greatly. So robust.
  5. Justin M
    Hi Alan, watching this with interest!
  6. Justin M
    A very high quality build. Lots to get inspiration from. Most impressed.
  7. Justin M started following DONE! The only EE Lightning to see the combat - RSAF F.53, Airfix 1/48 and Tornado Warning! 1/32 Tornado EF3 Conversion with ALARMs
  8. Justin M
    Hi - did you use an airbrush for the Molotow liquid chrome? Beautiful model.
  9. Justin M
    Very nice. I have one on the shelf and aim to build it quite soon. I like building Vietnam stuff. Couple of mine below...... Photos of F-105 coming shortly.
  10. Justin M
    This build takes an interesting direction; all to do with the wings.
  11. Justin M
    Looks like a superb model. Older large kits can be a challenge, but that's what it is all about, especially when they come out so well. B-29 is a great aeroplane.
  12. Justin M
    Fantastic looking model. The finish is most realistic and very much worth the effort by the looks of it. Well done.
  13. Justin M
    Internally, I added a bit of "insulation" to the very front of the cockpit to enhance it a bit. Little will be visible but it was worth a try. The surface detail was done by applying putty and then rolling the handle of a modelling knife over the surface to represent the quilted texture.
  14. Justin M
    Rubbing down and re-scribing the fuselage. I found having the two halves together provided better grip and also ensured that the panel lines over the 2 halves linked up. It is possible to see the slight ribbing that appears on these kits just aft of the wing. Rubbing down for re-scribing does remove the prominence a bit.
  15. Justin M
    Overall, it is not a bad kit, especially given its age. The surface detail is not fantastic but using the photo etch will improve that. The internal details is quite extensive, a bit softly moulded in places, but plenty of material. I did not add much detail other than some levers that would be vaguely visible from the outside. I used a decal set for the instruments - it was an old set that covered the B-29, B-17 and B-24. I recollect they were made by Monogram but I bought them about 25 years ago so I am not sure if they are still available.
  16. Justin M
    The first step was to remove all the raised panel lines and details in order to re-scribe recessed panel lines. This is quite easy with the old Monogram "silver-grey" kits as when you sand off the detail, the line of the remove panel line is still visible in the plastic. I used my trusty UMM SCR-01 SCRIBER, which I used in my F-4 Phantom build which explains the technique in a bit more detail. See here: Redoing the panel lines on the B-29 is not hard as they are mainly straight. The problem is there are lots of them and they are pretty long. A flexible strai
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